Pluto (manga)
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Pluto
| image =
| caption =
| ja_name = プルートウ
| ja_name_trans = Purūtō
| genre = [[Detective fiction|Detective]], [[Science fiction]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Manga
| title =
| author = [[Naoki Urasawa]] <br> [[Osamu Tezuka]] (Original creator)
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher_other = {{flagicon|Spain}} Planeta DeAgostini Comics <br> {{flagicon|Germany}} EMA
| demographic = [[Seinen]]
| magazine = [[Big Comic Original]]
| first = [[September 9]], [[2003]]
| last = ongoing
| volumes = 7
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Pluto'''''|プルートウ|Purūtō}} is a [[manga]] series by [[Naoki Urasawa]] published in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Big Comic Original]]'' since 2003.
The series is based on [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s ''[[Astro Boy]]'', specifically {{nihongo|"The Greatest Robot on Earth"|地上最大のロボット|Chijou saidai no robotto}} [[story arc]], and named after the arc's [[Pluto (Astro Boy)|chief villain]]. Urawasa reinterprets the story as a suspenseful [[murder mystery]] starring Gesicht, a Europol robot detective trying to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths.
Urasawa's manga received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2005 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] and the 2005 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] Grand Prize.
== Plot ==
''Pluto'' follows the Europol robot detective '''Gesicht''' ([[German language|German]] for face) in his attempts to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths. The case becomes more puzzling when evidence suggest a robot is responsible for the murders, the first one in eight years.
== Awards ==
''Pluto'' received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2005 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]. The series also received the 2005 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] Grand Prize, which Urasawa also won for his work on ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''.
== External links ==
* [http://www.bigoriginal.shogakukan.co.jp/pluto/ Shogakukan's Official ''Pluto'' Website] {{ja icon}}
* [http://tezukainenglish.com/?q=node/147 ''Pluto''] in the Tezuka in English database
* {{ann manga|3871|Pluto}}
[[Category:Astro Boy]]
[[Category:Detective anime and manga]]
[[Category:Science fiction anime and manga]]
[[Category:Seinen]]
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